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a lady on my moms route owns a boarding stable(Clarks Mainstreet Stable) and one day the owner,Patty, asked if i wanted to ride one of her big horses because she has hip/knee problems and coulndt ride, and i said yes and me and Maj fell in love.

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FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!: "Freedom's natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled! Hail the stars and stripes forever, Dearest flag in all the world." (Florence A. Jones)

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: "If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and a cat always lands on it's feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast on the back of a cat and dropped it?" (Steven Wright)

Here is a Thursday vote from Fancy.

I made a video to celebrate Fancy's 3rd birthday, (her birthday is not this month, it was in May. I am just late completing the video). It posted on HC yesterday. Please check out Fancy's birthday celebration video. The title is 'May 2008-May 2011 Growing Up Fancy the first 3 years'

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06/01/2011 12:56.12 PM

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS, Happy Mother's Day weekend: "A Mother understands what a child does not say" (unknown)

Fancy leaves a vote and wishes you a lovely day with your family. Have a Blessed Happy Mothers Day!

Fancy is leaving a vote for a sweet friend. Today Fancy is 3 great big, long, wonderful, years old. I don't think I can express in words how great this time with her has been. And I truly look forward to so much more with her. My blessing, my horse.

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS, HE IS RISEN!!!: The World Hates the Disciples 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’[c]

Q. Why did the Easter egg hide? A. He was a little chicken.

voted! I saw Major in whinny warz last night and voted for him!!! we had 80 mph winds last night!

A rainy Friday vote for you. Sister Grace just brought in brother Jim's and his care giver's mail doing a happy dance after a good 5 years her favorite car that has been parked might get back on the road then mom will get her car back at least the clutch was not going out the mechanic just tightened it. He also told Grace to give it a 5 minute warm up as it is a cold blooded car. Wishing you a happy weekend. Shawnie

If U are really thankful, what do U do? You share! Good Morning HC friends! Fancy and I are leaving a thankful vote for being part of something so wonderful") Lady Jane(#189648) told me she says a little prayer for Petite Fleur'S(#107376) medical condition, when she votes for her. Lady Jane suggested that if we all join her with a little prayer when we leave a vote, it would make all the difference. I do believe in the power of prayer! And it being Thanksgiving holiday, What better time to ask for a special prayer for each other. Let's make this a special occasion for prayer. Let us join in together and say a prayer for each friend and member we vote for or just a prayer for the whole HC club and all of it's members. No need to be stingy with a good prayer!!! We have friends that are traveling, friends with loved family members facing surgery, some of our horses are facing health problems(and you know all these things worry us greatly!) We have a need for the Thanksgiving prayer:) I hope this isn't asking too much of you, only takes a few seconds, unless you choose otherwise:) HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND LOVE YOU GUYS AND YOUR WONDERFUL HORSES!!! THANK GOD FOR HORSECHANNEL!!! IT IS A GOOD THING!!!

Fancy, and Frances are leaving an Autumn vote! Hey it's chilly this morning!!!!!!!

I hope your weekend was very nice. NC weather was lovely this weekend! I rode Fancy Sunday too. I learned to ask her for leg yields in an open space (like an empty parking lot or vacant lot) to give her time to get it right. This way when she goes the wrong way, I don't have to worry about getting into something we shouldn't be in. And I can offer her the patience that she is accustomed to. I think her being so hyper to go out and the stimulus of outside events makes it hard for her to concentrate the way she does in the corral. She was a lot better on Sunday than she was Saturday and we had a nice relaxed ride. Which was wonderful!!!

PLEASE Vote Fancy for VHS contest Baby Face;~)

PLEASE VOTE DECEMBER HOTM;~) Beauty #181026 Navajo #119353

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED! Q: At Thanksgiving dinner, which hand should you use to butter your roll with? A: Neither. You use a knife silly!

Fancy is leaving a vote with an important request for a dear friend in a tough time♥

Please take a precious moment and visit a friend who has lost a dear member of her herd&hearts. Darling #142763 is no longer galloping across these earthly fields or winning ribbons with her girl, she will be missed by her human family, horse herd family, and her HorseChannel family. Her horse herd family members are Pops #142258 and Big Boy #142835.

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED! Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.(Seneca)

PLEASE Vote Fancy for VHS contest Baby Face;~

PLEASE VOTE DECEMBER HOTM;~) Beauty #181026 Navajo #119353

Q: Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building? A: Yes, A building can't jump at all!

Q: How do you keep a turkey in suspense? A: I'll let you know next week!

Monday evening I went out to spend some quality time with Fancy") I really needed that. We practiced some leg yields and backing with me in the saddle. Fancy was pretty good with the backing. It took a few attempts before she understood the leg yields. It takes a few tries but each time she does them better than the last time. After a few minutes I let her graze and just enjoy some quiet time together. My saddle is very comfy with the new adjustments. It is easy to keep my heels down and I am not reaching for the stirrup! That felt good! I can't wait to use them for a longer ride and see how my knees feel.

Are you and your best equine pal doing anything special this week?

PLEASE VOTE DECEMBER HOTM;) Beauty #181026. Navajo #119353

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means. (Rudolf C. Binding)

Gotta Saturday Night vote for you! I hope you have had as much fun as we have today! Today was bath day for Fancy. After her bath my son (on his bike) and I hand walked Fancy around the block. We let her graze before going home. I saddled Fancy and I rode her around the neighborhood and through the car wash:), while my son rode his bike. She surprised me by walking sooo slow the whole time. I couldn't believe it. I didn't even have to fight with her to go into our yard. She was just layed back and easy going! I was just surprised! I took tons of photos with my clean girl. Now she smells fresh too! I hated to put her into her corral. I hope she doesn't roll tonight:( I will see about that in the morning, LOL.

I entered Fancy in the Virtual Horse/Baby Face contest. Please vote for her.

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: A city slicker moves to the country and decides he's going to start farming. He goes to the local farmer and says,"Give me 100 baby chickens." The farmer complies. A week later the man returns and says,"Give me 200 baby chickens." The farmer complies again. Another week goes by and the man returns and this time he says,"Give me 500 baby chickens." "Wow!", the farmer replies. "You must really be doing well." "Naw", said the man with a sigh."I'm either planting them too deep or too far apart!"

Please view Pippin's video in theYouTube contest for the World Equestrian Games!!! The more times you view/the better:) The contest ends August, 31 so hurry!No spaces in the address! http:// www.you tube.com /watch ?v=TqRP IGJ_Zm4

FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: "Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to" (anonymous)

Good Morning vote from Fancy and Frances♥ How are you today, did you have a nice weekend?

I would like to keep my Fancy shoe free, so I am considering purchasing hoof boots for Fancy. If anyone has any experience with these, please let me know about that. I would like to know about the ease of putting them on, if they come off easily in mud, how long they last, if they rub sores on the horses coronet or other area, did they have any effect on the hoof itself, do you think they are a good investment, and just any info you can share. If you have anything to share or not I would like to personally thank you for giving me your attention and let you know I appreciate every friendly member I have met here. You are top notch horse lovers, the greatest! Have a Beautiful Day, Be Blessed♥

Fancy moving on by with your vote tonight♥ Are you riding this weekend? I hope you are having fun what ever you are doing:)

Ok, I hope EVERYONE is enjoying a great weekend! I have had an aweful week with my son being sick and personal issues. But as always my Fancy time has made all the bad things seem so small. God knows I love that little horse. I really need my horse. She is my blessing. Today was the first time we rode out with Tirnanog! I was going to keep MISS Pants behind Tirnanog. Hoping she would settle down and walk slow. Tirnanog walks very slow and relaxed. Nothing seemed to phase him today. Well MISS Pants wasn't going for any slow walking mess. So I let her go and every now and then we would circle back and around Tirnanog, So we don't get too far ahead. I convinced her to walk through a few muddy water puddles in some driveways. We walked through the car wash, didn't get a wash though, LOL. Had fun stepping up a bank with a cement wall. Fancy has done this with out me on her. Today we did it together. Only problem, when we step down into the street, the last few times Fancy would jump instead of walk. Tirnanog was soo cool he just stepped up and down very easy like. The only thing that bothered Fancy today was a loud dirt bike. The guy saw her reaction and I was very thankful he turned and went the other way. My brother said he isn't to ride those on the streets any way. We stopped and let them graze for at least an hour and we stopped and talked to children and other people too. Fancy was attracted to the children. I was very impressed with her good behavior with them. Don't know how our future rides will be, but this one was a well needed breath of fresh air. I told my brother to get things ready so we can visit some state parks this fall. I think that will be even more fun!!!

A Good Thursday Morning vote to you! I thought Wednesday would be boring, not. I have trained Fancy to step on boards and approach things since she was 10 months old. I decided she is ready to do this under saddle. I laid a good sized board in her corral. We done some groundwork and desensitizing. I let her walk over it without me on her. She kept pawing it and making the noise. She likes the noise SHE makes. When she was walking over it fine, I mounted and rode her over it. She walked slowly the first two or three times in one direction. Changed directions and I had to encourage her to walk on. She did. She stopped as soon as she was off of the board and turned her head to look at me and sniff my leg on the left and right. It was like she was asking me if we were ok. After a few repeats we were walking right over that board just fine. So I unsaddled her and hand walked her around the neighborhood for some grazing. Folks were asking me why I wasn't riding. I told them I allready did that:) Nobody understands. It is not just about the riding:) On the way home, that fox crossed the road in front of us! He stopped and slowly turned to look at us. I shook my lead rope at it and when I did, Fancy stomped at it with her front leg. When she did, that fox ran into the bushes. I patted her on the neck and we finished our walk and went home. I think if I am riding her and she sees that fox, I think she will try to stomp it.

voted:) FANCY'S PERCEPTIONS: NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY "Catch the Spirit, Preserve The Heritage" July 24, 2010

CODE OF THE WEST (the cowboy's code) anonymous 1. Live each day with courage. 2. Take pride in your work. 3. Always finish what you start. 4. Do what has to be done. 5. Be tough, but fair. 6. When you make a promise, keep it. 7. Ride for the brand. 8. Talk less and say more. 9. Remember that some things aren't for sale. 10. Know where to draw the line.

A vote from stormy North Carolina. I just got in from a horse show. It was bad driving home in the storm. I didn't get to take Fancy because we took the hitch off the truck and didn't get the other one on yet. I was glad I didn't have Fancy out in this storm:)

I hope your weekend is going well:)

Please join Petite Fleur and pay a loving visit to Betsy and Ginger's mom. Betsy's page is #156442 They lost Prince of DC this week.

Fancy is stopping by with a late Monday night vote. Sunday proved to be a nice day for us. Sunday evening I rode Fancy in the back yard AND for the first time ever, I rode her all the way around the first block up the street. We only did it once, but it was FUN!

We did nothing today and probably won't do anything tomorrow, it is cloudy and rainy here. We do need the rain:)

Good Fancy Friday Morning to you and a Fancy vote!!! Hope your week has been most pleasing and your horsey dreams are coming true:) Fancy's profile photo is of Chip(the appaloosa), Penny(the mare), and Tirnanog. The huge gray area on Chip's front shoulder is the would and a smaller hole below that. He seems to look hundreds better, but still rough and swollen. The 4 marks in a line on Tirnanog's side are bites too. They both are looking much better:) If you would like to see Fancy's last video on HC it is "Eli wants to do that again" It is of my nephew riding Fancy.

Stopping by with a late evening vote:) Whew, I am tired. It has been a crazy strange day. But my Fancy time made it all well at the end of this day. I have ridden Fancy three days straight now. Each day has gotten better. I pray this trend continues:) When I went out this afternoon Fancy was running around like something WILD! Bucking, jumping, rearing, and running! I looked at her and thouhgt maybe I shouldn't get on her today. Well I decided to work it out. In the corral we did some ground work and I mounted her. Rode about 5 minutes, she was listening very well:) So I dismounted and headed out into the yard. We did some more groundwork, then I mounted and she kept her head straight out and didn't move. She is a little stiff on the right side, so I decided to work on right circles. We done several small circles until she begin to listen calmly. As she relaxed and began to listen we made larger circles. Boy, this was better than yesterday! I decided to circle things like the tree, the dog lot, the shed and Fancy was very good. I even let her walk fast and I enjoyed it:) I wish I could have seen it!!!!! We went into the side yard and she did speed up when she thought we were going out of the driveway. More tight circles and back into the back yard, over and over until she calmed down. Since she wanted to go out, I headed to the other driveway and went out and up into the first driveway, did this a few times. Then we walked up and down the street a few times. Fancy didn't want to go in the upper driveway, so, I decided to take her up the street. I walked her past the other horses because I didn't know how she would act. She looked at them and kept going, like she was saying look at me! She ate some grass and then I asked her if she could be a good girl and ride me home past the other horses. Believe it or not, Fancy nodded her head up and down. I put her bridle back on and she stood perfectly still while I mounted and we walked home!!!!!!!!! The only problem I had was, again she didn't want to go in the drive. I gave her a tap on the shoulder and she went on:) I groomed her while she ate grass:) Now I am all cleaned up and tired:)

A Tuesday evening vote for a friend;) Fancy and I have been learning new skills. If you would like to see how we are doing, look up video 'FancyLearnNSomethingNew'. I would also like to thank each one that has taken their time to view our videos. That has meant a lot to me and just having you guys in my horse loving life means a lot to me. Summer is finally here and tons of horsey activities come with these sunny days, be safe, and most of all have fun!

Finally sliding by with a vote! I will sleep well tonight;) I learned sooo much at the TWH show today. In the halter classes I saw them making some of the same mistakes I make and that made me feel normal:) I learned some good points that will help me with Fancy too. I met some wonderful TWH lovers! I am going to spend some time trying to teach Fancy to set up. There was a lovely black gelding there and he set up so easily. Oh, what a dream to have Fancy do that. I understand the gaits better now to. There was just soo much that I learned today! When I got home I was so siked up, I loaded Fancy and visited Tirnanog for a few hours. Just hanging out while they munched grass:) Well enough boring you with that:) I hope your Father's Day Weekend is going very well!

A vote from Fancy! Wow, what a day. I finished lunch, headed to the back porch to put my boots on, heard a crack and thuds! I was wondering, what in the world is Fancy playing with now. I looked out the back door and half of her tree had fallen. I ran to get my camera and went out. She ran to me and had this look like she wanted me know something was going on. That is the fourteenth photo on her page. Then she stood in front of me and snorted at the tree. Next thing I know she is all in the tree playing games with the tree. She bites the trunk and prances away. Then she pulls the limb and prances away. She grabs a mouthfull of leaves and prances away. She is walking under it and everywhere, then she prances like she has done something, silly little mare! Ok, I missed this photo, she scratches her butt on the fallen limbs after I put my camera away. Next thing I know it is extremely windy and a huge storm blows through. I am glad it is over:)

Fancy and Frances are leaving you a windy, warm, Wednesday in NC vote.

I was grooming Fancy and I untied her so I could lower her head to really get that forelock combed and brushed. While brushing her tail she started swishing her tail and moving around. I was thinking what in the world is wrong with my girl, she has never acted like this before. I let her tail go and looked at her head, she was turning her head towards me and looking at me with a very strange look in her eyes. It really looked like she was trying to tell me something. I let her move and she turned her head to the off side where I could see it. And there sitting on her face was a huge horsefly. And then I understood that look was please help me! I keep my gloves on because if a horsefly is on her I will kill it and she knows this and I tell you she was asking me to get it with that look in her eyes. I killed the horsefly, she did relax, and I finished her grooming:)

A dry windy Monday vote for you;) I guess moma nature isn't finished wrecking havoc on this earth because of the storms in America this past weekend. Even though these things go on, we still find little moments of happiness:) I had my moment this morning. I worked with Fancy then rode her around in the corral. She now walks off at the slightest squeeze of my thighs. She is sooo smart. And she comes to a complete halt when I say whoa, (4 times out of 5) and I don't even have to lift the reins and pull. I can even lower my hands even more when direct reining her. Things went so well I decided to mount her in the back yard and see how she responded. Well she was the same and I rode her in the back yard for a few minutes and then took that bit out of her mouth and let her eat all the grass she wanted and then I walked her around the block. Sometimes I can't believe how she amazes me!

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